diff --git a/app/models/git_repository.rb b/app/models/git_repository.rb
index 1c5e2fb81c..ff5704118e 100644
--- a/app/models/git_repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/git_repository.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def clone!(from: repository_url, to: repo_cache_dir, mirror: false)
     if mirror
       executor.execute!("git -c core.askpass=true clone --mirror #{from} #{to}")
     else
-      executor.execute!("git clone #{from} #{to}")
+      executor.execute!("git clone --shared #{from} #{to}")
     end
   end
   add_method_tracer :clone!